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  • Trump’s Idea of Using Military Resources for Border Wall Isn’t Unprecedented

    Trump’s Idea of Using Military Resources for Border Wall Isn’t Unprecedented0

    The military has been involved before in putting up a barrier along the U.S.-Mexican border without explicit authorization from Congress, according to a 2009 government report. President Donald Trump recently proposed to draw from the $700 billion appropriated for the military for funds to build the border wall, which comes with a price tag estimated

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  • The Reason a Facelift Costs Less Than a Knee Replacement

    The Reason a Facelift Costs Less Than a Knee Replacement0

    Between 1998 and 2017 prices for “Medical Care Services” in the US (as measured by the BLS’s CPI for Medical Care Services) more than doubled (+105.3 percent increase) while the CPI for “Hospital and Related Services” (data here) nearly tripled (+189.3 percent increase). Those increases in the costs of medical-related services compared to only a 50.3 percent

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  • Mike Rowe Hits Hard for Fatherhood

    Mike Rowe Hits Hard for Fatherhood0

    If you’ve followed Intellectual Takeout for any length of time, you’ll know that Fatherhood is a regular topic. You’ll also probably recognize that it’s not a popular topic in the culture. The Ivory Tower declares patriarchy as one of the great sins of the West. Hollywood and Madison Ave. do their parts to mock and

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  • Are Parents Responsible for the Troubled State of American Children?

    Are Parents Responsible for the Troubled State of American Children?0

    We read about teenage killers, we acquiesce to college students by establishing free speech “Safe zones” lest feelings are bruised by politically-incorrect opinions elsewhere, we hear about high-school teachers imposing personal and political agendas in classrooms, we accept “Gun-free zones” in schools that invite invasive violence, we watch our youth — taught to abandon the

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  • Venezuela’s President Tackles Economic Crisis by Deleting 3 Zeros From its Currency

    Venezuela’s President Tackles Economic Crisis by Deleting 3 Zeros From its Currency0

    It seems that Venezuela’s dictator Nicolás Maduro has finally found the way to bring the country out of the unprecedented economic crisis Venezuela is immersed in since 2012. The ineffable leader of the Bolivarian Revolution has recently announced the launching of a new currency, the so-called Sovereign Bolivar, which will replace the bolivar as the

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  • Schools Once Taught Biblical Literacy. Should They Do So Again?

    Schools Once Taught Biblical Literacy. Should They Do So Again?0

    Over the weekend, columnist Christine Emba commented on an interesting typo from The Wall Street Journal. As Emba explains, the WSJ quoted Benjamin Netanyahu as saying that the prophet Moses carried water from the country Iraq, rather than a regular rock, thus convoluting the famous miracle from Israel’s days in the wilderness. The mistake naturally

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